Singapore Travel Guide

Geylang

Singapore's neighbourhood of Geylang is strange, in that
although it looks and feels a typically 'Asian' neighbourhood, it
is actually quite different from the rest of Singapore, which has
seen great gentrification and modernisation over the last 40 years
or so. The rows of shop-houses, bedecked in neon lights, the
bustling streets, the curbside food stalls and masses of karaoke
bars present visitors with an urban environment quite distinct from
the sleek lines of the concrete-and-glass inner city buildings,
while the Geylang Serai market is a prototypical Asian 'wet
market', featuring hanging meat and buckets of flapping fish. This
grit (and slight seediness) is even more obvious at night, when
Geylang's other distinguishing feature becomes most apparent: that
it is home to Singapore's only established red-light district.
Despite this seamy side, Geylang is a very popular neighbourhood
for backpackers (accommodation is much cheaper in Geylang than in
other areas) and for traveller

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